Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-21
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DEPeW AT H0mBuRG.

ACurious Mixture of Fun, satire and
Politics.
where were you oesldes i'll LondoDP'
Principally In Homburg. Everything
IS arranged IN Hombnrg ~ make you
stay. On your arrival the ianaiord
.ooks at yon ey alphabetically and sage:
Its we'll you cnme when you did You
lad Uetker see tbs duetor immediately."
"Eyorybouy snys the same thing to
so1-the gnan thai lands behind your
onalr and tae man thai brushes your
coat. Pretty soon yoa begin TO believe
yourself that it Is we'll you nave come,
aud wonder what is the matter with you.
Then after a lit. le struggle with your
old healthy sell. you give Inand go to
she Doctor l did 1T, and l havn't been
sick tor ten years. phe doctor says You
aad better stay at least three weeks and
take the waters. 1t is singular how
every one is in advising you / o stay.
well, yon take the waters, and you
must take them just as you are told,
whether you like 1t or not. You really
don't like 1t at oil, bat hardly dare to
think SO yourself, Ats O'clock yon get
! up, go down TO the spring, and drink
one glass. Then You walk a quarter of
q Inile and come back and drink another
glass. Then walk half 8 mile and drink
another. Then walk q mile and drink
. final glass, aud you are done with that
part of the days toll.
Hphey won't allow you TO commute
drink halt a dozen glasses OF once and
walk o couple of miles.
After the water servitnde you take a
pine bath. That's q curious custom. 1t
consists of pouring o pint of condensed
essence OF pine sap into o tub OF water
and in waliowIng around in it. The
water ia as black as ink. You only feel
happy when yon have taken another
bath afterward and washed it off
"a pine bath is supposed to make you
feel like a Danish pirate and smell like
o Norwegian forest. / tried it and was
o good deal more successful in gaining
the second condition than the firet.p
"You met Mr.. Blaine at Homburg, did
you not?n
"oh, yes; frequently"
."Do you consider him the probable
republican candidate ct the next preBi-
Dental election ?'
II will only say that with the CONVEX
~sations I had with MIR. Blaine I know
that he is not seeking the nomination
He is keeping very quiet. aud [ don''
think he is III q hurry TO come home.
Still, there is no citizen of this country
but what would esteem it a great honor
to be elected the president OF the United
States"
"And as to youreelf-"
"Ill anal ipate that question. / am
interested IL the success of the repub-
liean party and deeply interested ID the
individual success of it's candidates
without in the slightest degree wishing
to be a Candidate myself. On that point
l ana emphatic.
lit was at Homburg that the prince oi
Wales met MIR. Blaine. In the afternoon
Everybody goes down to the tennis
grounds and ats around and looks on.
Iels the grand saloon of the place. The
band plays. meanwhile and it's all very
pleasant and ,azy. But there are so many
princes snd dukes and giided nobseman
generally around that al American gets
no show. They think an American has
got nothing back of him, anyway. a
hundred years ago. you know, there was
nebody in America except o few Eng
aishmen,
"Ms. Blaine could not be introduced
to the princs, but the prince signifed
his desire Of meeting Mr. Blaine, and 40
the statesman had to be introduced
They sat on the verands together in bhe
moonlight, smoked cigars i believe,
and aad q very pieafanE talk.'-Meg,
York Herald interview.
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